Green Gyms

So I was at the gym doing some aerobic machines today, and I though if you'd have generators built into the machines you could help power the building. I didn't do any research, but do any companies make fitness machines that generate electricity? Or are there any gyms that use such technology? I think it would be a great idea.

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that would be a good idea. Very Happy

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Well seeing how there is alot of people doing this day after day, that is a good idea Mystick.
Im sure you could set something up so the power people put into cycling & stair master would go into a generator then batterys to store power. Cool

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I've seen bikes that you pedal and try to see how many light bulbs you can light up. We've had that at a scout camp once. So that being known I know you can power things with the machines. The bikes and the elipticals turn on a wheel so that wouldn't be too much of a problem putting a generator on them. I suppose you'd need a power inverter to convert the DC power to AC power, then you'd route it to the main breaker box. I'm not sure if that's how solar panels are hooked up. I know that around here the power company pays you for the power generated by the solar panels, I'm pretty sure. Seems like a good idea, and at the price of exercise machines already I don't think they'd have trouble puting power generating equipment in.

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I actually thought of this a long time ago, but I never told anybody.

I think it is a marvelous idea. Cool

	flashlightfreak9 wrote:
	I actually thought of this a long time ago, but I never told anybody. I think it is a marvelous idea.

Yeah a lot of other people probably though of it too, but nobody's doing anything. Confused

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Actually there is a gym thats doing this...i saw a special on it on PlanetGreen the other day.